Delos
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You are correct. The original statement was that his gun would only be for home protection. And there are - no doubt - people in really big cities that never leave the city. There are guns that never leave the house.
All that said - I do not know anyone who has been shot in his house, except one who was shot by a burglar, with his own gun, when returning home during the burglary. Modern burglars are usually drug addicts and they burglarize during the hours both people are working. Still a few “cat burglars” in some parts of some big cities, that sneak around at night. A few crazies that knock on the door at night.
Back in the 1940’s in California it was the law that people have their vehicle registration on steering wheel shaft (Steering Column), with address that could be seen through windshield. That was so the policeman could write a parking ticket. Unfortunately burglars began hanging around movie theater parking lots. When the movie started they took down some home addresses of empty houses to burgle. Times change.
What does not change is gun owners eventually wanting protection outside the home. Way too many examples to list them here. All you can do is get people thinking. I do not know anyone who bought earmuffs for everyone in the family at the time of buying the first gun. Lots of people in California rent horses to ride in mountains or on the ranch where it was rented. Sometimes the subjects of guns and horses overlap. Particularly in California where a mountain lion occasionally runs off with someone’s dog, kid, or partner. Easier to talk about such than to discuss the city problems, that can fill a book.
You are correct. The original statement was that his gun would only be for home protection. And there are - no doubt - people in really big cities that never leave the city. There are guns that never leave the house.
All that said - I do not know anyone who has been shot in his house, except one who was shot by a burglar, with his own gun, when returning home during the burglary. Modern burglars are usually drug addicts and they burglarize during the hours both people are working. Still a few “cat burglars” in some parts of some big cities, that sneak around at night. A few crazies that knock on the door at night.
Back in the 1940’s in California it was the law that people have their vehicle registration on steering wheel shaft (Steering Column), with address that could be seen through windshield. That was so the policeman could write a parking ticket. Unfortunately burglars began hanging around movie theater parking lots. When the movie started they took down some home addresses of empty houses to burgle. Times change.
What does not change is gun owners eventually wanting protection outside the home. Way too many examples to list them here. All you can do is get people thinking. I do not know anyone who bought earmuffs for everyone in the family at the time of buying the first gun. Lots of people in California rent horses to ride in mountains or on the ranch where it was rented. Sometimes the subjects of guns and horses overlap. Particularly in California where a mountain lion occasionally runs off with someone’s dog, kid, or partner. Easier to talk about such than to discuss the city problems, that can fill a book.
